Flotsam and Jetsam - Kirk's Killer Was a Radical Leftie

As was briefly referred to yesterday, Charlie Kirk's "alleged" killer, Tyler Robinson, has been caught. Rather than brilliant police work by Utah and the FBI, it was the result of the photo's released. His father, a former LEO, recognized him, confronted him, had him take counsel with a friend, and he surrendered himself. Meanwhile lefties ginned up a campaign, including fake messages and photoshops, to convince the world, or at least their adherents, that he was a MAGA gun nut, and if Althouse's comment section is any indication, some of them bought it. 

PJM's Matt Margolis, ‘We Have Him’: Trump Says Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination ‘In Custody’ and FBI, Utah Gov Hold Presser: How Charlie Kirk's Killer Was Caught. John Solomon at JTN, Trump confirms authorities have suspect in custody in Charlie Kirk killing, alleged shooter ID'd. Jen O'Connell at RedState, FBI UT Press Conference: Charlie Kirk Assassin Suspect Now in Custody. Jeff Charles at TownHall, FBI Confirms Suspect in Charlie Kirk Killing, Reveals Disturbing New Details. From the College Fix, Charlie Kirk’s murder a ‘political assassination’: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. Sundance at CTH, FBI Announces Arrest of Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah Resident for Murder of Charlie Kirk and Leaked Probable Cause Affidavit Indicates Tyler Robinson Coordinating with Accomplice to Hide Weapon After Shooting Charlie Kirk. The Prudentialist @MrPrudentialist, "The take-away from the presser is that an individual with an anti-fascist ideology coordinated with organized individuals (antifa/DSA/ to be determined) for a drop off point, the shot, with distractions and decoys. That's what you're up against, and they're getting bolder." Techno Fog, They caught him. "What we know so far." John Sexton at Hat Hair reveals Shooter Was Confronted by Father, Threated to Kill Himself. PJM's Scott Pinsker says Thank God Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Was Captured ALIVE.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees The New Left-Wing Narrative: Tyler Robinson Was a White Supremacist Republican Trump Supporter. Insty, WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY: "The New Left-Wing Narrative: Tyler Robinson Was a White Supremacist Republican Trump Supporter." Matt Vespa at TownHall sees Trump Was Right About the Suspect in Charlie Kirk's Assassination...and the Left Is Melting Down. "The radical Left is to blame for this awful act. Conservatives were right—and the Left is not taking it well." Erick Erickson @EWErickson "Good grief. Progressives really can't just acknowledge Charlie Kirk's assassin was a progressive. They're twisting every truth and fact to make the assassin a Trump supporter. They can't acknowledge the violence festering on their own side." David Burge @iowahawkblog, "Eager to see the yarn & index card flow diagram for the "he assassinated Kirk because he liked and agreed with him" theory" Quote Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski, "So after days of Republicans blaming and vilifying Democrats and trans people for Kirk’s murder despite having no clue who the person was, we find out it’s a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns." From NYPO, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was seething over campus appearance, wrote ‘Hey fascist! Catch!’ on bullet. Althouse, "'Up arrow, right arrow, and three down arrow symbols'... appears to be a reference to a sequence of controller moves that unleashes bombs in the popular video game Helldivers 2." Mary Chastain at LI hears Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect was ‘Pretty Far Left on Everything’ "So weird that a child’s politics doesn’t mirror his parents!" John Sexton at Hat Hair cites the High School Friend: Shooter Was 'Pretty Far Left on Everything'. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "After spending all morning claiming the killer was actually a right-wing groyper based on no evidence whatsoever, they are now in full retreat." "The Groypers, sometimes called the Groyper Army, are a group of alt-right, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist activists led by Nick Fuentes." Matt Margolis, The Left Doesn't Want You to Know the Truth About Charlie Kirk's Killer Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "An account with 5 million followers on X posts a fake photo of suspect Tyler Robinson wearing a Trump shirt and quietly follows up in a thread with the real photo. The fake photo (which hasn't been deleted) gets 400k impressions in an hour, and the real one gets 50k. There appears to be a coordinated effort right now to spread as much fake information as possible to label the alleged Kirk assassin as a far-right Trump supporter." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "Drip, drip, drip... I'd rather the assassination had failed. But I'm rather enjoying the way the Left is hourly being forced into evermore contorted defensive positions, only to have them blown up by the next disclosure." Jon Gabriel @exjon, "Dog-whistle experts who can sense a microaggression in a Republican’s breathing pattern suddenly go 404 when it’s one of their own." Quote, Zack Beauchamp (zackbeauchamp@bsky.social) @zackbeauchamp "Replying to @zackbeauchamp, This isn't one of those cases where the shooter left out a lengthy and straightforward manifesto. It's a handful lines that that could be interpreted in any number of ways."Larry Correia @monsterhunter45,"These poor fools are missing the big picture. When there's a killing the left always tries to assign the killer to the right. We're used to it. And the vast majority of the right always overwhelmingly condemns the killer. Only this time all the moderate normie republicans out there saw MILLIONS of liberals celebrate and justify the brutal murder of a man... all because that man held beliefs similar to theirs. Beliefs that regular Americans consider completely normal and common sense..." Insty, LEFTISM IS ALL ABOUT THE LYING: Grummz @Grummz "They circulated the wrong voter record of the wrong guy and claimed he was a Trump supporter/MAGA. They photoshopped a Trump shirt on the shooter. They claimed his family said he was right wing (it’s the opposite). They did this fast and astoturfed it everywhere. They are afraid. What we know: - Helldiver, furry, and anti fascist references on casing. - friend says he was the only leftist in a conservative family. (As reported by Guardian, a liberal website). What I’ve heard but I have no hard confirmation of: - he was a member of Antifa discord servers. If you have hard proof of the last bit, let me know."

Vigilant Fox @VigilantFox, "NOW: Journalist Michael Shellenberger just dropped the hammer...and said what the media will NEVER admit about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. This isn’t about one deranged shooter. This is about an ENTIRE malignant culture that made political violence inevitable. Now @shellenberger says it’s time for those responsible to be held accountable . . . " AG @AGHamilton29 "“We accused someone who was just murdered and consistently stood up against anti-Semitism of being anti-Semitic based on a complete lie, but no big deal because we added a small note a day later.” The lack of standards or consequences are infuriating," Quote Daniel Mael @DanielMael, "What a correction from the @nytimes on Charlie Kirk." Michael Brendan Dougherty @michaelbd, "It’s really hard to explain how high the editorial standards go at these places when negatively characterizing a liberal idea or figure, and how low they go when dealing with the right."

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "Cannot state it more simply enough that this is where I'm at." Quote Boyd Myers @boydmyers, "No, we don’t need to “have a conversation”. You killed the guy willing to do that." Tell Me How this Ends, "I don't know how to communicate with you except through violence." Breitbart, Assistant A.G.: Everyone Working on Behalf of U.S. to Improve It ‘Has a Target on Their Back’, I’ve Urged Them to Carry. Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer, "We must work together to bring political violence and the scourge of gun violence in America to a swift end." Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol, "Then please tell your party to stop shooting conservatives. Start there. Tell them Trump is not a fascist. Tell them conservatives they disagree with are not a Nazis. Go tell them that, then come back and tell us how that went." Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "What do you mean "we". Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain "GOP legislators need to understand that they are not there to manage us, like colonial administrators with rowdy subjects. You are there to *represent* us, and to use the vast powers granted to you to help bring justice and accountability to those who want us dead." Quote Logan Hall @loganclarkhall, "If I see one more spineless GOP loser politician talk about how we need to have an “open dialogue” after Charlie Kirk’s assassination I am going to chimp They just assassinated the guy who was trying to have an open dialogue you absolute retards." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "‘Why Won’t Conservatives Give Up Their Guns?’ Ask The People Shooting At Them.

At Insty, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HATE THE MEDIA, IT’S NOT ENOUGH: Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored, "'Here's a video of you Cenk, talking about Charlie...' Dave Rubin calls out Cenk Uygur for past comments he's made about Charlie Kirk. https://youtube.com/live/PnsZemZze" Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WTF?! MSNBC is now saying there is NO "THEME" in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, DESPITE Tyler Robinson having anti-fascist engravings and an anti-Nazi song on the bullet casings. They want to bury it. "Nothing to see here. Look away." NEVER." Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon "Charlie's killer was radicalized by the utterly ubiquitous, totally mainstream view on the Left, routinely articulated by every Democrat: Conservative views are "hateful." This is the source of political violence in America, and not one of them will take responsibility for it." Quote Axios @axios "NEW: The suspect who allegedly killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk targeted him for "spreading hate," police said while announcing the arrest this morning." RNC Research @RNCResearch, "Where did Charlie Kirk's murderer learn to call conservatives "fascists"? "Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?" Kamala Harris: "Yes, I do. YES, I DO!"" Leil Leibowitz at Tablet, explains What Killed Charlie Kirk "And, more importantly, can we stop it?" "Charlie Kirk was shot because great forces spent decades reshaping social norms and institutions and creating vast cadres of Americans ready to do great violence to anyone they were led to believe was their enemy." At Breitbart, Hate-site Bluesky Issues Fake Warning to Those Cheering Charlie Kirk’s Assassination.

Stephen Kruiser at PJM says This Is a Good Time to Let the Haters Rot In Their Miserable Lives. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Margo Richardson, a @JuntoWealth wealth manager in Norristown, Pa., celebrates the killing of Charlie Kirk. The self-described queer activist suggests the world would be better if more people who think like him are taken out." Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo "@JuntoWealth has released a statement about Norristown, Pa. queer activist Margo Richardson. She was fired." From the Free Bacon, University of Michigan Prof Bankrolled by Gates Foundation Celebrates Charlie Kirk’s Assassination "Charles H.F. Davis III called Kirk’s killing a 'solution'." At Fox, Top university administrator calls Charlie Kirk assassination 'fair' due to stance on guns: 'No prayers', "The university administrator's online bio uses the 'He/Him' pronouns." Sunny @sunnyright, "The people celebrating the assassination are just random nobodies like Washington Post staffers, people teaching your children, university professors, aides to elected officials, medical professionals, and prominent talking heads." Christopher F. Rufo @realchrisrufo, "The people who insisted that they were the "principled conservatives" are now justifying the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Do not forget. And never let them lecture you again," Quote George Conway @gtconway3d, "Horst Wessel, 1907–1930. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel." ThePersistence @ScottPresler, "The sheer amount of teachers celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination should make every parent in America consider homeschooling their children." Twitchy, Stephen King Apologizes for Lying About Charlie Kirk but It's Guy Benson's RESPONSE That's Truly POWERFUL. Stephen King @StephenKing, "I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages." Stephen King @StephenKing, "I was wrong, and I apologize. I have deleted the post." Quote Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "I'd say Stephen King should be ashamed of himself, but what's the point?" Guy Benson @guypbenson, "I strongly suspect Charlie would have accepted this apology and invited you to come talk with him. I hope you think about that." Dave Strom asks Is It Cancel Culture to Go After the Charlie Kirk Assassination Celebrators? Tit for tat is a valid strategy. Patrick Casey @restoreorderusa, "“Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Here’s why the people celebrating his murder are the real victims.” Beyond parody" Quote WIRED@WIRED, "Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats." Le Monde Watch, RIP Charlie Kirk: This Is What Is Bound to Happen When You Constantly Refer to Your Adversaries as "Fascists" and as "Threats to Democracy". From RCP, Clay Travis Responds To Obama's Statement On The Assassination Of Charlie Kirk: "You Caused This" "I am tired of hearing people say, like Barack Obama did, like Hillary Clinton did, oh we condemn this violence. Guess what? You can't call the President of the United States for 10 years Adolf Hitler, and you can't say that he's a fascist dictator, and you can't say that anyone who voted for Trump or advocated for him like you, me, Riley, and Charlie Kirk are Nazis, and then when someone tries to kill us, you can't suddenly say, oh we condemn this violence." PoIiMath @politicalmath "It's interesting that every liberal public official has demanded that the right wing to turn down the rhetorical temperature while the left is busy setting fires." Quote, Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins, "These are everywhere at University of Louisville…where I’m scheduled to speak in three weeks. May God have mercy on our nation." At Holly's Substack, The Psychopath Ratio, "My big-picture take on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. . . . while not every single leftist is celebrating Kirk’s death, the loudest faction is — and the loudest faction is the one that defines the culture." Chris Bray, Fighting Nazis, a Zesty Form of Community Theater "If you’re one of the people who’ve posted on social media about America’s descent into fascism under that Nazi Trump, be honest: Did you also go out to dinner that week?" 

Sundance hosts President Trump Discusses National Impact of Charlie Kirk Assassination During Lengthy Interview and Erika Kirk Delivers a Powerful Message in Public Remarks. Jen O'Connell, 'We Will Never Surrender': Erika Kirk Delivers Powerful Words to America After Her Husband's Killing. Ace, Erika Kirk, the Young Mother Made Widow by the Left's Latest Antifa Assassin, to Speak to the Nation at 8:15 about the Martyr Charlie Kirk. "You have no idea of the fire you have ignited in this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around this world like a battle cry." Althouse went to The vigil for Charlie Kirk at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison this evening and sees "I think what the enemy intended for evil, the Lord will use for good. We will see what the Lord does through it.", "Said Jeff Schwarzentraub of the BRAVE Church in Denver, quoted in "Kirk’s Christian Supporters Mourn Him as a Martyr/'Charlie died for what he believed in,' said Jackson Lahmeyer, a pastor in Oklahoma" (NYT)." Insty, HE’S EVERYWHERE. “IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.” and ALL OVER THE WORLD. Rita Panahi @RitaPanahi, "The culture has shifted. The NFL wouldn't have done this 8 years ago...or even a year ago. RIP Charlie."

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